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- without the necessity of the tip being glued 1 BBOCKWAY, or sooner, MONTANA.

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ToaZZcv/tom itmay concerns I Be it known that I, ALVIN O. OLAFSO-N, a native-born citizen of the United States, residing at Scobey, in the county ofSheridan and Stateof Montana, haveinvented new and useful Improvementsin Cue Tipsand Ferrules, of which the following is a speci fication. I i.

I This inventionrelates to gameappara-tus, particularly to billiard cues, and has for its object the provision of a cuetip which may be readily attached to or detached from a ferrule provided upon the endof the cue upon the ferrule as is now the present practice.

a tip of this characterwhich is used in combination with a ferrule secured upon a dowel on the end of a cue, the tip being provided with a spring member frictionally engage able within a suitably shaped hole formed in the end of the ferrule member. A further important object is the provision' of a one tip formed in two sections, the

base section being of relatively hard leather,

fiber or similar material and the other. section being formed of leather, as is the usual practice, and in which the attaching spring member serves to hold the leather section secure in respect to the base section.

Another object is the provision of a one tip of this character which will be extremely simple and inexpensive in manufacture,

easily applied or removed from a cue ferrule, eflicient in use, durable in service and a general improvement of the art embodying very few parts.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in I An important objectis the provision of Spccifidation of Lettcrs latcn t. I J 11119 24, 1919.

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l the end of ajcuewhich is provided withia ivory, bone, bakelite, or other suitable material, and which is provided with a bore 8 adapted for thewreception of the reduced extension or dowel 6 of the end of the cue.

This ferrule is secured: upon the reduced extension 6 by gluing as is the practice. Atits outer end,the ferrule 7 is provided? with a rectangular. recess 9 which communicates with the bore 8. I

1 PATENT OFFICE ALVIN o. otnrsondor scoBEY, nonra vapiissrelvonor one-HALF To enonen AI My detachable tip is designated broadly by the numeral 10 and is formed in two sec tions 11 and 12, the sectionll being formed preferablyas a disk ofhard leather or fiber! and thesection 12 being formed of leather and convex asshown. The sections 11 and 12 are secured together by glue.

=-In both forms of myfinvention, the tip lO is secured upon the ferrule 7 by means of a spring member 13 which is formed as an open loop of resilient metal carried by the tip 10 and engageable frictionally within the rectangular recess 9 in the ferrule 7.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the spring member 13 has its ends cut to provide prongs 14 whichare beveled upon their inner faces as shown at 15. In this form of the device, after the sections 11 and 12 of the tip are glued together, the spring member 13 is disposed against the outer face of the section 11 and is driven into the tip. By virtue of the beveled inner faces 15 of the prongs 14: on the spring member, the prongs 14 will diverge as they are driven through thesection 11 and into the section 12. The prongs will then operate as a clench to hold the sections 11 and 12 securely together and prevent any displacement. i

In the modified form of the device, the

ends of the spring member 13 terminates at the juncture of the sections 11 and 12 of the tip and do not extend into the leather section 12 as in the preferred form.

Regardless of which formof tip is used, the'tip is connected with the ferrule 7 merely by inserting the spring member 13 within the recess or slot 9 in the ferrule whereupon the tip will be firmly held in active position.

Whenever for any cause it is necessary to remove the tip, it is merely necessary that the i it is particularly designed to stand the hard knocks to which a'oue tip is subjectedduring bodiment' of my invention, it is to be underopera-tor grasp the same and exert a pull thereon, whereupon the spring member 13 will. slip out of the recess 9 and, allow the parts to be disassembled. It will, be noted that the tip is incapable of rotation in re spect to the end of the ferrule so that the tip may be effectively chalked when necessary without in any way loosening the connection between the tip and the ferrule. Furthermore, it will be noted that theiprovision 0f the section 11 of hard leather fiber or other similar or hard 'material' will effec tively brace the. tip and prevent it from be coming distorted.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawing it will be apparent that I'have' thus provideda one tip which may be very quickly and easily connected with or disconnected from a ferrule disposed upon the end of a cue, and which will'be extremely eflioient and durable in service especially as playing.

While the accompanying drawing illustrates whatIbelieve to be the preferred emstood that the invention is not limited thereto, but that various changes may be made in the construction, arrangement and proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention I claim:-

1. A one tip comprising a ferrule secured upon the end of a one and provided at its outer end with a rectangular recess, a tip member formed of two sections disposed upon tie outer end of said ferrule, a spring member extending from said tip member and fric-tionally engageable within said rectangular recess, said spring member having its ends extending through one section of said tip member and extending divcrgently partially through said other section.

2. In combination with a ferrule provided with a rectangular recess,- a one tip comprising a base section and an outer section, a spring member extending from said base section and detachably engageable within said recess, said spring member having its ends extending through said base section and formed to provide prongs, the inner face of said prongs being beveled whereby they will diverge outwardly upon passage through said base section and be embedded in divergent relation within said outer section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALVIN o. OLAFSON.

Copies of this patentmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

